you can see vice president joe biden. he had a busy day. the president, you can see right now, let's listen that military bowl, take a listen. >> felt pretty nice. [ cheers and applause ] >> i hope everybody is having a wonderful time. now those of you who are in uniform you look outstanding, your dates do look better, though. i just want to point this out. i am not going to give a long speech. what i really want to do is come down and express the extraordinary gratitude, not just of me, as your commander in chief, but more importantly the thanks of all the american people. i want to start by thanking some of our outstanding leaders who are here. our hosts, our senior enlisted adviser from all five branches of our military. [ cheers and applause ] >> the chairman of the joint chief of staff, who promised to sing sometime tonight. so you should hold him to that. the vice chairman and all of our outstanding members, our secretary of veterans affairs and vietnam veteran, and we are honored to be joined by extraordinary americans. our wounded w